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San Francisco, 1976. Mary Ann is considering going home while Michael hopes that Jon is moving in. Stars Lydia Wilson. From January 2013.

Disillusioned, Mary Ann Singleton's considering moving back to Cleveland. Mona and Michael cook up a scheme to pay the rent.

Directed by Susan Roberts

For more than 3 decades, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture-from ground-breaking newspaper serial to classic novel. This is the first time it has appeared on radio, dramatised by Bryony Lavery.

Set in 1976 in San Francisco , Tales of the City is the first in a sequence of novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed the way we live forever.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Anna Madrigal Kate Harper
Mary Ann Lydia Wilson
Dede Nancy Crane
Mona Buffy Davis
Edgar Lou Hirsch
Frannie Bernice Stegers
Beauchamp John Guerrasio
Michael Jos Slovick
Jon Simon Lee Phillips
D'Or Valerie Cutko
Siegel Kerry Shale
Hampton Kerry Shale
Writer Bryony Lavery
Director Susan Roberts

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 Jan 2013 10:45
  • Wed 30 Jan 2013 19:45
  • Wed 3 Jan 2018 14:30
  • Thu 4 Jan 2018 02:30

An interview with Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.

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